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If you have a personal router and are connecting it to our network, wait! Please visit the appropriate section for a "how-to" first! Incorrectly configured or connected routers are one of the top reasons your connection gets suspended.

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I have a PC but do not have a wireless card. How much do they cost? PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 16 February 2007

Around 30.00 - 40.00 and up depending on the PC and type of connector it has available. The three most common types of connections are PCI (Internal desktop card, like a modem uses), USB (external card, can be used for desktop and laptop computers) and PCMCIA/Cardbus cards which are "credit card" sized and slide into the side of laptop computers. While any 802.11b/g card will work, we suggest Buffalo Technology due to overall stability and compatibility experienced.

Buffalo Technology AirStation 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter - Around 30.00

Buffalo Technology AirStation 54Mbps PC (notebook) Card - Around 30.00

Buffalo Technology Airstation 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Keychain Adapter - Around 35.00

MacIntosh (Apple) Compatible Cards are listed below.

ARIA Extreme Airport PCI 802.11 for Mac 10.26+& WIN98/SE/2000/ME - G54-PCI - Around 80.00

Sonnet Aria Extreme Airport Network Adapter - G54-CB - Around 60.00

Any 802.11b or 802.11g network card will work. Installation and configuration at our office would be 15.00 if you did not want to do it yourself. Since the cards are also available at the UVa bookstore and locally at retailers (like Staples downtown, Office Depot, Best Buy or Circuit City) we encourage you to bring us the PC and the card and we'll do the installation and set the PC up as needed for our network at your site if you are not comfortable doing it yourself for a flat fee of 15.00. We will provide full instructions to allow you to do it yourself once our service has been established in your building.
Last Updated ( Friday, 16 February 2007 )
 
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UVa Targeted by RIAA

As reported by the Daily Progress (full article here ), seven users on the UVa network have been targeted by the RIAA for illegal music download files.

 The University of Virginia tracks which user uses each IP address at any given time (just like we do). As a result, they are able to forward these warnings on to the actual user(s) that downloaded the files.  If the users do not "settle", they may find themselves the targetof a lawsuit.

 We ask that if you have not actually "bought" a song or movie, that you not download it so we don't have to forward these same letters on to you.